Like most players of today. I was not a fan of spring training. When I was a kid in my 20’s I didn’t need much training at all. My legs were young and always ready for a full sprint. I was never out of shape. I thought I had eternal life at 20 yrs old and figured I was gonna be “old” when I was 30. I planned to buy 10 cars over the 10 years I was hoping to play, and sell them when I had to retire when I got “old”, 30 yrs of age.

Believe it those were my thoughts. I did buy the 10 cars, but kept playing til I was 41 and an “old grey beard”. Hek, I coulda collected my pension at 45.

Spring training in 1967 was rude. We had an “military barracks hut”, that most all the blacks stayed in.

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1st time up a homer … second time up an RBI double over center fielder’s head.  Yanks 2 -0 over tampa bay in the 6th so far.

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To the fan that shouted from the bleachers asking about Game Six versus the Dodgers: the final score was 8 to 4.  Five of those runs came off my 3 home runs.

Today we won 6-1.

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The guys we expect on our opening day roster have taken three turns at the plate a piece and are done for the day: Alex, Jeter, Robby, Gardner and Swisher.

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Yanks 6
Jays 1

Bottom of 5th coming.

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